Robe-securing device



R. REID.

ROBE SECURING DEVICE.

APPLJCATION FILED MAY 1. 1919.

Patented June 15, 1920.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES "PATENT omen ROBERT REID, OF SANFORD, MAINE,

' ROBE-SECURING- DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ROBERT REID, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sanford, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Robe-Securing Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in robe clamps, and pertains more particularly to devices of this character especially adapted for use in connection with motor vehicles.

The primary object of the present device is to provide means by which a lap robe may be left in an automobile without danger of its being stolen therefrom.

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the clamp, showing in dotted lines the open position thereof;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof Fig. 3 is a detail sectional Vl6W.'

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the device comprises two jaws 5 and 6, and each of said jaws 5 and 6 is provided with an enlarged portion 7 on its outer or 1 free end. The jaw 5 is provided on its inner end with a right angular projection 8, and said right-angular projection 8 is bifurcated as at 9.

The jaw 6 is provided on its inner end with a reduced extension 10, and near its enlarged portion 7 said jaw is provided with a slot 11.

The furcations of the bifurcated end 9 of the jaw 5 are provided with alined perforations, and passing therethrough, and through a perforation in the reduced extension 10 of the jaw 6, is a pintle 12, which forms the means by which said jaws 5 and 6 are pivotally securedtogether. r

Extending from the inner face of the jaw 5 is a right angular projection 13, which serves to limit the movement of the aws 5 and 6 with respect to each other, and interposed between the free end of said projection 13, and the inner face of the jaw 6, is a cushion 14 of any suitable material, such as felt, rubber, or the like. Rigidly carried by the extension 13 and projecting from the free end thereof is a staple 14. The staple 14 is so positioned with respect to the jaw 6 that when said jaws are closed as shown in Fig. 1, the staple 14 passes through the slot Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11119 15, 1920; Application filed May 1, 1919. Serial 'No. 294.051. I i

11, and projects sufliciently be 0nd the outer face of said jaw to permit of t e insertion of the shackle of an ordinary padlock 15.

As best seen in Fig. 3, the opposed faces of the enlarged portions 7 of the jaws 5 and 6 are provided with rigid pins or the like 16. These pins 16 are screw-threaded as at 17 and are secured in place byengagement of the1r screw-threaded portions with interiorly screw-threaded recesses 18. The pins on one of these enlarged portions are staggered with respect to those on the opposed enlarged portion, and between the said pins, there are provided tapered recesses 19. By this arrangement, it will be seen that when the jaws 5 and 6 are closed, the free ends of the pins of one jaw will enter the recesses 19 in the inner face of the opposite jaw, as shown in Fig. 3.

The reference character 20 designates a yoke which is secured to the pintle 12, and connected with said yoke 20, is a chain 21. By this means if the free end of the chain 21 be attached to the foot rail or other part of an automobile, the clamp is secured against removal therefrom.

Interposed between the jaws 5 and 6, and rigidly secured thereto as at 22, and 23, respectively, are two substantially U-shaped springs 24, said springs serving to maintain the jaws 5 and 6 in open relation.

The operation of the device is as follows: The jaws are opened as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the robe is inserted therebetween. Thejaws are now closed and the pins 16 pierce the robe, the free endsof said pins 16' passing into their respective re- A device of the character descrlbed coinprising a plurality of jaw members pivotally secured together at one end, a spring for normally maintaining said jaws in open position, one of said members being provided with a right-angular extension within which the other member is pivoted, a plurality of teeth rigidly carried by each of said jaws, a second right-angular extension spaced from the first-mentioned right-angular extension and integral with the jaw member on which the first right-angular extension is formed, said second-mentioned right-angular extension being adapted for engagement with the opposed jaw member to limit the movement thereof relatively toward its opposed jaw member, means passing through the jaw members anol of sufficient length to present an eye exteriorly of one of the jaw members 10 when said jaw members are in their closed position, and means adapted for engagement Within said eye to prevent relative movement of the j aw members in a direction opposite to each other.

ROBERT REID. 

